Press and independent media
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Fighting oppression in the West Bank
15/05/2009
[The Guardian Weekly] For Israeli national and Anarchists Against the Wall activist Ronnie Barkan, 32, joining the nonviolent Palestinian struggle against the occupation is the obvious choice of humanity over nationalism. He describes his experiences of peaceful demonstrations that have turned ugly, and how Israelis and Palestinians are standing side by side to fight oppression.
Haredi housing shortage worsening
11/05/2009
[YnetNews] Following a High Court ruling, the Defense Ministry decided two weeks ago to hand over to the residents of the West Bank village of Bilin 185 acres which they claimed had been expropriated from them, a move leading to a possible new route separation fence route.
The direct result of the ministry’s decision is that a project including 1,100 housing units for the ultra-Orthodox public in Modiin Illit’s Matityahu neighborhood is slated to be canceled.
Bil’in: A village that will never surrender
10/05/2009
[Palestine Monitor] Four years ago, construction started on the Separation Wall through the middle Bil’in, a village outside of Ramallah. They have lost about 60% of their land—agricultural land where most of the income of the village was made.
New York Protesters Call for Mother’s Day Boycott of Leviev Diamonds over Israeli Settlements
10/05/2009
[Adalah-NY] On the day before Mother’s Day, 40 New York human rights advocates gathered at the Leviev jewelry store on Madison Avenue and called on throngs of weekend Madison Avenue shoppers to boycott Israeli diamond mogul Lev Leviev over his companies’ construction of Israeli settlements on Palestinian land in West Bank villages including Bil’in and Jayyous. Mother’s Day is one of the biggest jewelry shopping periods in the US annually. The New York protest came as controversy is growing in Norway over Norwegian government investments in Leviev’s company Africa-Israel. The New York protesters also commemorated Bassem Abu Rahma from Bil’in who was shot to death by Israeli soldiers last month during a peaceful protest against the construction on Bil’in’s land of Israel’s wall and of the Mattityahu East settlement by a Leviev company.
Montreal's ties to illegal Israeli settlement
07/05/2009
[Hour] In June 2009, Bil’in village is scheduled to have a series of court dates that will determine if the lawsuit filed with Quebec Superior Court will be heard.
A solidarity protest with Bil’in village is scheduled for Friday, May 8, at noon outside Indigo bookstore (corner of Ste-Catherine and McGill College).
